An empirical research on the relationship between human capital and innovative capability: A study on Taiwan's commercial banks

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1189-1205

  Wang, Hsing Kuo ^a   Yen, Yu Fang ^a   Tsai, Cheng Fei ^b   Lin, Yu Chieh ^c  

^a National Kinmen Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^b WENZAO URSULINE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human capital; Innovative capability

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349096262     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360802323685     Document Type: Article

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